2 teens face charges in synagogue break-ins

Avraham Moseson, left, 16, of Woodmere and Daniel Weiss, right, 16, of Far Rockaway face charges after police said they broke into a Five Towns area synagogue and stole a car. (Aug. 12, 2012)
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A 16-year-old from Queens, already a suspect in a prior synagogue break-in in the Five Towns area, was arrested Monday and charged with breaking into a second synagogue and then stealing a car, police said.

Nassau County police said Weiss obtained the combination to the door lock at Congregation Aish Kodesh on Woodmere Place, Woodmere, and sneaked inside, on Saturday, taking two sets of keys to a 2011 Honda that he then stole from the parking lot.

The car was recovered, said police, who then arrested Weiss.

Police said Weiss and another teen, Avraham Moseson, 16, of Woodmere, had broken into another synagogue on Aug. 11. During that burglary, police said, the teens removed an air conditioner from the window of the Congregation Shaare Emunah on Oakland Avenue in Cedarhurst, then ransacked the interior, taking an undisclosed amount of cash.

That incident was captured on surveillance video, which, police said, allowed detectives to identify the two teens. Moseson was arrested Sept. 6 on charges of third-degree burglary and unlawful possession of marijuana.